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In botany, shoots consist of stems including their appendages, the leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spring, perennial plant shoots are the new growth that grows from the ground in herbaceous plants or the new stem and/or flower growth that grows on woody plants. In everyday speech, shoots are often synonymous with stems. Stems, which are an integral component of shoots, provide an axis for buds, fruits, and leaves. Young shoots are often eaten by animals because the fibres in the new growth have not yet completed secondary cell wall development, making the young shoots softer and easier to chew and digest. As shoots grow and age, the cells develop secondary cell walls that have a hard and tough structure. Some plants (e.g. bracken) produce toxins that make their shoots inedible or less palatable. File:Cucumber leaf.jpg|The shoot of a cucumber File:GiantKnotweed048.jpg|Edible shoots of Sachaline File:Sunflower seedlings.jpg|Sunflower seedlings germinate File:Persea americana (Avocado) Sprout 08May2010.JPG|A young hass avocado shoot ==See also== * Bud * Lammas growth a second burst of growth late in the growing season exhibited by some trees. * Lateral shoot 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shoot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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